BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II Tests Positive For Covid-19

BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II Tests Positive For Covid-19

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has tested positive for Covid-19, Buckingham Palace said in a statement Sunday.

The queen, 95, “is experiencing mild cold-like symptoms but expects to continue light duties at Windsor over the coming week,” the statement said.

“She will continue to receive medical attention and will follow all the appropriate guidelines,” it added.

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The news comes just weeks after the United Kingdom’s longest-reigning queen celebrated her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on the throne on February 6. The family may be traced back approximately 1,000 years to Norman King William I’s invasion of England in 1066.

Prince Charles, Elizabeth’s son, tested positive for the second time in less than two weeks.

Meanwhile, on the eve of her Jubilee, the queen held her first significant public engagement in more than three months when she met with charity workers at Sandringham House.

Doctors instructed her to rest in October after she spent the night in the hospital for preliminary tests.

As a result she cancelled a series of engagements including a Festival of Remembrance honoring those who served Britain and the Commonwealth that took place Nov. 13.

However, she was able to undertake light duties including virtual audiences with diplomats and weekly conversations with Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The royal also canceled her usual Christmas trip to the Sandringham estate, as well as a traditional family lunch, because of a spike in Covid omicron cases.

It was her first Christmas after the death of her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, in April at 99.